Table 2.

Cancellation or avoidance of medical care during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic by healthcare setting

Characteristics	Primary care appointment						Hospital outpatient appointment
	GP-initiated cancellation			Respondent-initiated cancellation			Hospital-initiated cancellation			Respondent-initiated cancellation
	No	Yes	p	No	Yes	p	No	Yes	p	No	Yes	p
	n = 798	n = 82		n = 820	n = 60		n = 673	n = 207		n = 824	n = 56
Sex, % female	50.5	48.8	0.86	50.0	55.0	0.54	47.3	60.4	< 0.01	50.7	44.6	0.46
Age, 62–102 years
< 70 years, %	36.0	40.2	0.72	35.9	43.3	0.12	36.0	37.7	0.89	36.4	35.7	0.99
70 – 79 years, %	44.5	42.7		45.2	31.7		44.7	43.0		44.3	44.6
≥ 80 years, %	19.5	17.1		18.9	25.0		19.3	19.3		19.3	19.6
Education
Low, %	10.4	13.4	0.52	10.4	15.0	0.27	10.4	11.6	0.16	10.8	8.9	0.09
Medium, %	31.2	34.1		32.1	23.3		33.1	26.1		32.3	19.6
High, %	58.4	52.4		57.6	61.7		56.5	62.3		56.9	71.4
Functional limitations
No limitations, %	57.3	37.8	< 0.01	56.5	41.7	0.04	57.4	49.3	0.04	55.3	57.1	0.87
Mild, %	28.8	37.8		28.7	43.3		27.5	36.7		29.6	30.4
Severe, %	13.9	24.4		14.9	15.0		15.2	14.0		15.0	12.5
Loneliness, %	48.2	52.4	0.54	49.1	41.7	0.32	47.4	52.7	0.21	48.2	55.4	0.37
Depressive symptoms, median (IQR)	5 (5)	6 (5)	0.10	5 (4)	6 (6.25)	0.04	5 (4)	6 (6)	< 0.01	5 (4)	6 (6.25)	0.03
Anxiety ( HADS-A > 7), %	10.3	13.4	0.49	10.6	10.0	1.00	9.5	14.0	0.09	10.1	17.9	0.11
Multimorbidity, %	62.2	78.0	< 0.01	62.8	75.0	0.08	60.2	74.9	< 0.01	62.7	76.8	0.05
Frailty (FI ≥ 0.25), %	18.3	25.6	0.14	18.8	21.7	0.70	17.8	22.7	0.14	18.6	25.0	0.31
Quarantine, % yes	11.8	18.3	0.13	11.3	26.7	< 0.01	11.6	15.0	0.24	12.0	17.9	0.28

p values based on χ² tests and Mann–Whitney tests

IQR inter quartile range